M for Tiger: Some Melbourne Golf

Sanctuary Lakes golf course in melbourne, nice links course that's
quite easy if there's no wind.
Played here with Todd form the albert park driving range. It was
winter-ish so we had wind, rain, sunshine all in one par 3 hole. Quite
an amazing experience for me, not quite what i'm used to weather wise.
I remember hitting a pw to a 130m pin only to get it 80m because of
the headwind.

This is the Albert Park driving range. It's in the middle of Melbourne CBD and it's also the place the do the F1 racing. The track runs right around the lake and right by the range. Many tour players practice here, Geoff Ogilvy, Danny Lee and Marcus Both have been spotted here.

I spotted Marcus Both on a nice sunny but cold winter day. I liked observing him practice. He was kitted out in full tour gear, shirt tucked in and all. He looked the business. He spent an hour hitting balls in the private/ pro area and then came out putting for an hour or so before going back to hit more balls.
The practice greens here are superb. Chip and putt all day. Bring your own bag of pro v1's or hit the range balls, yellow callaway war birds. On the practice greens people usually leave the balls behind, so you can pick them up and chip with them or back into range and hit them out. The balls here are quite expensive, like A$8.50 for 50 balls, but well worth it if you spend some time to chip and putt. They can be quite anal with the golf bag though, they won't allow them in the facility. You'll have to carry all your gear by hand or leave your bag in the ProShop. I sometimes take the train there so it's quite troublesome to just carry all your gear by hand all the way there. I just bring the whole bag anyway and most of the time the guys let me bring it in( I guess they trust my honest face). Sometimes the girl there won't and makes me leave it in the shop. No problem but you kinda worry about your gear if you can't see it, so you can't help but to go back to check if your Scotty is still in the bag.